Isabella Buchanan1,2

b. March 1794, d. 29 July 1860
FatherMathew Buchanan1,2 b. say 1760
MotherElizabeth Edmiston1,2
BirthMar 1794 Isabella Buchanan was born in Mar 1794 in Virginia.3,4 
Marriage4 Feb 1817 She married William Graham, son of John Graham and Margaret (?), on 4 Feb 1817 in Washington County, Virginia.5 
Land-Buy25 Jul 1842 On 25 Jul 1842 Isabella and William bought 149 acres from Arthur and Lucretia Reid. The land included the area where Cedar Creek runs into the Middle Fork of the Holston River. William's father John had patented 276 acres to the east in 1789.6 
Cens-185011 Oct 1850  William and Isabella were enumerated together on the 1850 Washington Co. census with their two youngest children, 21 year old Samuel and 19 year old George. William's land was valued at $5,900. He was a farmer.7 
Death29 Jul 1860 Isabella died of flux on 29 Jul 1860 in Washington County at age 66.8,3 
Burial She was buried at Rock Spring Cemetery in Washington County, Virginia.3 

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Family

William Graham b. abt 8 Apr 1788, d. 23 Dec 1866
Children
Last Edited1 Dec 2013

Citations

  1. [S5] Elizabeth Kelly Allison, Early Southwest Virginia Families, p. 55.
  2. [S2272] Jean Keys Buchanan, The Buchanans, manuscript, 1928.
  3. [S2] Catherine McConnell, High On A Windy Hill, p. 207. Stone reported to read: Isabella Graham, d. 29 Jul 1860, age 66y 4m 25d.
  4. [S5] Elizabeth Kelly Allison, Early Southwest Virginia Families, p. 59. This source uses 29 Mar 1794 for Isabella's date of birth.
  5. [S4] D.E. Brown, Marriages of Washington Co., VA 1781-1853, p. 24. William Graham and Isabella Buchanan, 4 Feb. 1817.
  6. [S1048] Washington Co., Virginia Deed Book 15: 385.
  7. [S367] William Grayham household, 1850 U.S. Census, Washington Co., VA, pop. sched., District 67, p. 216 (stamped), dwelling 2129, family 2129, viewed online at Ancestry.com, Feb. 2011. Household includes: William Grayham, 63, farmer, owns land worth $5,900; Isabella 59; Samuel 21; George 19; all b. VA.
  8. [S2268] Research of Tom Colley, Hanceville, Alabama; Mr. Colley cites the Washington County Death Register for the year 1860 originally held by the Virginia Bureau of Vital Statistics and viewed as Library of Virginia microfilm reel #30; entry states: Isabella Graham, d. 29 Jul 1860, age 66y, flux, d/o M. & Elizabeth Buchanan, consort of William Graham, reported by husband.
  9. [S5] Elizabeth Kelly Allison, Early Southwest Virginia Families, p. 59. Listed as Patsy.
  10. [S1198] Virgil Lewis, "Residents of Washington County," in Virginia and Virginians, p. 735.
  11. [S2268] Research of Tom Colley, Hanceville, Alabama; Mr. Colley cites the Washington County Death Register for the year 1854 originally held by the Virginia Bureau of Vital Statistics and viewed as Library of Virginia microfilm reel #30; entry states: Margaret Ann Moore, d. 07 Sep 1854, age 34y, d/o William & Isabella Graham, consort of James B. Moore.
  12. [S5] Elizabeth Kelly Allison, Early Southwest Virginia Families, p. 59.